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House - medieval

Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - medieval, Waterford City, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Waterford City
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.25996, -7.11025
SMR number
WA009-005057-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A stone-walled undercroft (dims. c. 25m N-S; 8.1m E-W) was built c. 7m E of St Peter's church (WA009-005023-). It may be part of a house built by John Collyn in 1470 on land granted to him by Thomas Rice (MacNiocaill 1966, 170). The walls (Wth 0.7-1m; H 1.2-1.45m) have a 1m wide footing and there were three relieving arches visible in the outer face of the W wall. A doorway with two steps leading from it is at the E end of the S wall. A stone-lined pit (int. dims. 3.1m N-S; 1.4m E-W) 9m to S was incorporated into the SE angle of the undercroft when it was extended to the S and W by a new structure (int. dims. 13m N-S; 11.4m E-W). The E wall (Wth 1.2m; max. H 1.8m) of this later building abutted the S wall of the original undercroft. (Scully 1997a, 181-4)

MacNiochaill, G. (1966) Registrum cantariae S. Salvatoris Waterfordensis, Anal. Hib. 23, 135-222.
Scully O.M.B. (1997a) 'Section 6: (v) The stone undercrofts' In M. Hurley et al. (1997) Late Viking age and medieval Waterford: excavations 1986-92, 176-185. Waterford Corporation.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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